Top Sicily Wine Making Workshops

Sicily is known for its heavenly cooking, but it is next to impossible to track down recipes and recreate your favorite dishes without guidance from an expert. On this small-group cooking workshop, learn how to select seasonal ingredients during a visit to a local market. Then, get hands-on instruction in preparing Sicilian specialties such as caponata, fresh pasta, Messina fish rolls and more before sitting down to enjoy your meal.

The best way to connect with any local culture is through food, and nowhere is this more true than Sicily. With this cooking class, shop for ingredients at the market in Taormina like a local before learning how to prepare a variety of traditional Sicilian dishes with Chef Massimo in his restaurant kitchen. Enjoy the fruits of our labors over lunch afterwards, served with two local wines.

After meeting the other guests, you’ll start with a brief tour of the Villa, you’ll move to the kitchen for a relaxed hands-on session, after a introduction to the dishes, everyone cooks at their own pace, following the chef step by step. Halfway through the preparations, an aperitif with sparkling wine will be offered. At the end, you’ll sit down together to enjoy everything you’ve prepared, drinking Sicilian wines You’ll prepare: appetizer, fresh pasta, fresh tomato sauce, fried eggplant, meat dish with salad and dessert at the end. The focus is on ingredients and technique you can replicate at home, with clear explanations and time to ask questions. You’ll chop, knead, cut and plate everything yourself. This class is suitable for beginners and food lovers Water, juices, coffee are always available to guests. After the class you’ll receive a PDF cookbook, so you can recreate the dishes at home. With your consent, photos from the experience may be shared on our social media channels

Experience the enchanting world of Sicilian wine through a curated tasting journey in a baroque wine bar, celebrating the island’s rich cultural heritage, with 4 wines and food pairings for them.

With the help of the winemaker, you’ll learn about the fascinating art of winemaking, diving into the history and techniques that make our wines unique. You’ll explore the hidden aspects of the winemaking process, tasting four distinct wines, including one still aging in barrel. The experience culminates in a hands-on activity where you’ll bottle, cork, and label your own bottle of our finest wine, creating a personalized keepsake to remember your time with us.

-Visit of the winery, explanation of the company’s history and the main techniques of vinification. -Creation of your unique blend, we will guide you in the analysis of the characteristics of different wines, so that you are able to choose freely which ones to include in your blend. The necessary instruments and guidance will be supplied to allow you to create and taste your own blend. – Bottling, capping and labeling of a bottle with the blend of wine created.

What's better than a cooking class to learn how to prepare Sicilian Pizza and Cannoli just a few steps from the Sea of Taormina and Naxos? Together with the "Family Siciliano" you will learn to use fresh and local ingredients, which enhance the flavor of each dish, and make Italy and Sicily famous throughout the world. With Chef Mimmo you will learn the art of preparing Pizza and typical "Bruschetta" with local products: Pachino cherry tomatoes, basil, oregano and olive oil. With the father Siciliano, a great local pastry Chef, you will create the famous Cannoli, learning the secrets of preparing the perfect wafer and cream that make Cannoli the most famous Sicilian dessert in the world. Furthermore, you will learn how to make "Angel Wings", typical traditional sweets which in Sicilian are called "Chiacchiere", and which are popular sweets of the Carnival period. And then everyone to the table, facing the Mediterranean Sea, to enjoy your creations accompanied by a tasting of Limoncello.

Learn to cook Sicilian food in this private, intimate tour, run by passionate chefs at their country home in Sicily, where you won’t be sharing with a large group. You will have a personal experience, learning about the culture and history of Sicily while you prepare your meal. Welcome drinks will be served under the olive trees, and at the end of the experience, you will enjoy your meal with views of the Mediterranean Sea and Eolian Isles.

Enjoying the food when you’re on vacation is one of the best parts of traveling, but nothing compares to learning how to make the meals yourself. Learn to cook like a Palermo local from a Palermo local on this pasta and gelato-making class, and take home new skills that see you impressing your pals for years to come.

On your visit to Italy, you’ll want to try authentic Italian pizza. Learn the secrets of Sicilian Pizzaioli when you prepare pizza from scratch with a professional chef. Enjoy your lesson in a famous pizzeria in downtown Taormina, where you’ll start with kneading dough and end with a delicious bite. Get a glimpse into the life of a local chef, and immerse yourself in Italian cuisine and culture.

Finding the best cannoli bakeries—pasticcerie—in Taormina can be a fun challenge, but it can also turn into fruitless trips between neighborhoods. With this tour, take the guesswork out and let a chef help you prepare cannoli from scratch, using traditional recipes starting with the crusty shell and ending with sweet ricotta cream. When you’re done, taste your creations and receive a “cannoli expert” certificate.

Sicily is home to a unique cuisine, different from mainland Italy and often hard to access without the knowledge of a local. With this Sicilian cooking class, enjoy an exclusive glimpse into Palermo’s culinary traditions by exploring one of the city’s oldest markets with a local and then preparing classic dishes at a family-run cooking school. Make four courses and sample what you’ve created during a celebratory meal.

A unique experience not only for nature lovers, but especially for wine lovers. A visit to one of the most renowned wineries located on its slopes of Mount Etna is an unmissable opportunity to discover the authentic flavors of this volcanic land. A warm welcome and an introduction to the history of the winery and the territory. A walk through the vineyards to understand the peculiarities of cultivation in a volcanic soil. Visit to the Winery: Exploration of wine production and aging areas. Wine Tasting to choose and pay on site: during the tasting, you will have the opportunity to taste different wines, each with its own distinctive notes paired with local food. Etna wines are known for their freshness, minerality and aromatic complexity. Among the most famous are Etna Rosso, produced from Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio grapes, and Etna Bianco, mainly from Carricante and Catarratto grapes.

There’s no better gift to bring back from Sicily than the gift of local cuisine. Improve your culinary skills and cultural nous on this authentic small-group experience led by a passionate chef in his own home. Shop at a local market in the morning. Then learn the rich multicultural stories behind every dish you prepare as you cook up four different dishes then sit down to them at lunch.

The best way to experience Sicily’s traditional cuisine is with a local expert, but it’s not always easy to connect when traveling. With this cooking experience, get an inside look into Syracuse’s food culture by meeting with a local chef at the historic Ortigia market to shop for fresh ingredients and sample local specialties. Afterwards, take your purchases to the cooking school for a hands-on lesson. Prepare classic Sicilian dishes and enjoy your handiwork over lunch.

With a local certified sommelier, you'll be met at a lovely wine bar in an affluent part of Palermo, nestled in between the Politeama Theatre and the chic Via Liberta. Here, we'll sit at a tasting table and sample 5 local wines from small Sicilian vineyards. We'll talk about the wines in detail and also sample some authentic and delicious local food. Informative but certainly not stuffy, this is a wine and food tasting experience for those who want to learn about Sicilian wine whilst having a great time doing so.